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Prov.|22:1|-|A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,And favor is better than silver and gold.
Prov.|22:2|-|The rich and the poor have this in common:Jehovah is the |a|maker of them all.
Prov.|22:3|-||a|A prudent man sees evil and hides himself,But the simple pass on and suffer punishment for it.
Prov.|22:4|-|The reward of humility and the fear of JehovahAre riches and honor and life.
Prov.|22:5|-|Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;He who guards his soul will keep far from them.
Prov.|22:6|-||a|Train up a child according to the way he should go;Even when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Prov.|22:7|-|The rich man rules over the poor,And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Prov.|22:8|-|He who |a|sows injustice will reap iniquity,And the rod of his wrath will fail. |1|
Prov.|22:9|-|He who is |a|generous will be blessed,For he gives some of his bread to the poor.
Prov.|22:10|-|Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out;Indeed, strife and dishonor will cease.
Prov.|22:11|-|He who loves |a|pureness of heartAnd whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend.
Prov.|22:12|-|The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge,But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
Prov.|22:13|-||a|The sluggard says, There is a lion outside!I will be slain in the streets!
Prov.|22:14|-|The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;He with whom Jehovah is indignant will fall in there.
Prov.|22:15|-|Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;But the |a|rod of correction will drive it far from him.
Prov.|22:16|-|He who oppresses the poor to multiply his gain,And he who gives to the rich will only come to want.
Prov.|22:17|-|Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise,And apply your heart to my knowledge;
Prov.|22:18|-|For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;Let them be ready on your lips.
Prov.|22:19|-|So that your trust may be in Jehovah,I have made them known to you today, even to you.
Prov.|22:20|-|Have not I written to you |1|excellent thingsOf counsels and knowledge,
Prov.|22:21|-|To make you know the certainty of the words of truth,That you may answer back words of truth to those who send you?
Prov.|22:22|-|Do not rob the poor, because he is poor;Nor oppress the afflicted in the gate;
Prov.|22:23|-|For Jehovah will |a|plead their cause,And rob the life of those who rob them.
Prov.|22:24|-|Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger,And with a wrathful man do not go;
Prov.|22:25|-|Lest you learn his waysAnd get a snare for your soul.
Prov.|22:26|-|Do not be one of those who give their hand as a pledgeOr one of those who are a surety for debts.
Prov.|22:27|-|If you have nothing with which to pay,Why should your bed be taken away from under you?
Prov.|22:28|-|Do not remove the ancient |a|boundary marker,Which your fathers have set up.
Prov.|22:29|-|Do you see a man skilled in his work?He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.
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